Floor-waxing device



E. E. MOLINE. FLOOR WAXING DEVICE, APPLICATION mu) JULYI9. 1919.

Patented June 15, 1920. v

INVENTOR E.EJMOL1'NE ATTORNEY U N l T E S T EMIL E. MOLINE, or slow; CITY, IOWA.

FLOOR-WAXING- DEVICE.

Application filed July 19, 1919. Serial No. 312,061. 7 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL E. MoLINE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Sioux City, in the county of Woodbury and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Floor- Waxing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The invention aims primarily to provide an improved device for waxing and polishing surfaces and particularly adapted for applying a uniform coat of wax to floors.

Still another object of the invention is the production of a device adaptedto be readily supplied with wax and evenly distribute the some upon a surface.

Furthermore the invention contemplates an improved floor waxing device, simple and inexpensive in construction, yet thoroughly efiicient in operation.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consisting in the construction, combination and novel arrangement of parts, will be fully understood from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this application and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, of which,

Figure 1 is a plan of the device constructed in accordance with the invention, the handle being cut away;

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section thereof, taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4. is an enlarged vertical section of one side of the device. 7

Although I have illustrated and hereinafter described the preferred embodiment of the invention, 1 would not be understood as being limited to the specific structure chosen for illustration, for various alterations and modifications may be made in the details of construction and arrangements of parts described, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

The device consists, broadly, of inclosing walls, the lower edges of which are prevented from coming in contact with the surfaces to be waxed by means of suitable padding of felt or other suitable soft nonabrasive material. Across the bottom of the device is a pervious sheet, which may be readily; removed and replaced by a new sheet when necessary. Within the walls is removably inserted a plate which serves as a cover for the device and also to administer uniform pressure upon the wax whichis interposed between the plate and the pervious sheet whereby the wax is dispensed uniformly through the sheet when pressure is suitable soft non-abrasive material, which extends a distance below the walls. Across the bottom of the inclosure is a pervious fabric sheet, 8, the edge portions of which are firmly gripped between the outer wall and an outer band, 9, which fits snugly, yet removably around the inclosure. To insure a snug fit between the band and the adjacent wall, the band is preferably concave in cross section to co-act with the convex por tions, 10, of the outer wall.

Within the inclosure is a fiat plate, 11, one edge of which is engaged under ears, 12, sheared from the adjacent wall, 5, and bent inwardly from the wall; and the opposite edge portion is sprung under a similar ear,

13, sheared from the opposite wall. To the center of the plate is secured a suitable handle, 1 1, having inits lower end a pair of wires, 15, twisted upon each other, their end portions, 16, being bent oppositely and secured to a suitable bearing plate, 17, mounted upon the presser plate, 11,- whereby the handle is pivoted to the plate.

In applying the device, the car, 13, is f pressed outwardly to permit the pressen plate 'to be removed, plastic wax is then placed upon the fabric, 8, and the plate restored by slipping one edge portion under the ears, 12, and then pressing the opposite edge until the ear, 13, springs over the plate. Then through the meeting of the handle as the device is drawn back and forth over a space, wax will be dispensed through the fabricand uniformly distributed upon the surface. The amount of waX being easily regulated by the amount of pressure applied to the handle, 14. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is, V l. A floor waxing device embodying a sheet-metal hollow body, a pervious sheet 7 7 across the bottom thereof, a presser plate fitting freely within the body, and outwardlyyieldable ears on the inner side of the body, normally engaging with their ends the upper side of the plate;

2. A floor waxing device embodying a sheet-metal hollow body, a pervious sheet across the bottom thereof, a presser plate fitting freely within the body, and ears sheared from the wall of the body and inclined inwardly to engage the upper surface of the plate.

3. A floor-waxing device embodying a hollow body having spaced inner and outer EMIL E. MOLINE. 

